Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-28
TELEGRAPHIC BREyITIEs.

Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, is seri-
ously i'll.
Mr.. Blaine with his family left Chicago
on Tuesday, being well enough to bear the
journey.
The Tablet, leading Catholic paper of
New York. is being boycotted by the adj
mirers of DR.. McGlynn.
The Lower House of the Prussian Diet
has ordered the new ecclesiastical bill to
pass a third reading by vote of 243 to 100.
The mail steamer Finland, from Table
Bay for Mauritius, has foundered. All the
mail matter and everybody on board were
saved.
Thirty tracts of railroad land were sold
at Visalia on Monday, aggregating 1000
acres. Much of it is in the thermal belt of
the foothills.
James Griffith has been sentenced TO the
State Prison for life for the murder of Jas.
Downey in September last in San Bernard
inc county.
Petitions have been circulated in Colusa
county, requesting Governor Bartlett to re-
quire of the Six Chinese Companies the
surrender of Hong Di.
Henry Heile, of Chicago. attempted to
murder his wife with Ratchet on Tues
day, and believing he had killed her he
then cut his own throat.
The Alaska Commercial Company's
steamer st. Paul, Captain Erskine, has ar
rived at San Francisco from Ounalaska
with valuable cargo of furs.
Troops are ordered to the Paulding coun-
ty, Ohio, reservoir, where 200 masked men
have overpowered the guards, blown up
the banks and burned the works.
AT Montreal the water is still gradually
receding. 1t is believed that the worst is
over. The greatest sufferers are the resi-
dents of Point Charles and Griffintown.
The Indians in the vicinity of Yuma,
Arizona Territory, are suffering from Sc
we're epidemic of measles, which has proved
fatal in sixty cases up to the 10th instant.
By an oversight the Union Pacific Rail
road Company was not included in the late
exemption from the operation of section
of the interstate law, but will petition the
Board at once.
A sixteen-year- old boy is on trial in
Santa Rosa for the murder of comrade
named Patton, with whom he was out
hunting last fall. The story was that young
Patton was accidentally killed.
A man named Stanley. about 45 years OF
age, was arrested in San Diego Monday on
a telegram from Ontario, charged with
making criminal assault on seven-year-
old girl at that place short time ago.
In the Michigan House of Representa-
tives impeachment proceedings have been
begun against M H. Dakin. Labor Repre-.
sentative from Saginaw, for having sought
and offered to use brides in the interest Of
the Saginaw City charter.
A gang of Philadelphia capitalists have
laid their hands on Chicago, and one of the
biggest deals known there for some time
has been consummated. This deal puts al
the gas companies in Chicago and its sub
urbs under one management.
Thomas NJ. Coleman, 20 years old, was
married in bed in Philadelphia yesterday tC
Bessie McGuigan, plump and pretty CIR
of 20 years, by magistrate Thompson. The
bedridden groom is worth $4,000. 1t i:
considered that the girl got good round
price for herself.
In MERGED man named James Gala
CHER challenged Louis Des Moines to shoo
at him at 100 yards with 3S-caliber pistol
saying the latter couldn't hit him. The
challenge was accepted, and Mr.. Gallagher
has gone to his grave with bullet through
his heart. The shooter is charged with
murder.
Patents have been issued to the Pacific
coast as follows: California-Geo. F. Gray
San Francisco, jointer for artificial stone
work; Leroy F. Herrick, Stockton, whip
Henry and NJ. j. Richards, Jr., Nevads
City, water-wheel bucket. Washington
Territory-Marshall B. Burke, assignor o.
one-half to G. B. Baker, of Dayton.